2.0 Analysis 2.1 First Aid Given the extensive bleeding from the owner/operator's injured leg and the delay in obtaining professional medical attention, the action of the mate of the MONIKA in applying a tourniquet immediately after the accident prevented the owner/operator's injuries from becoming life-threatening. 2.2 Emergency Health Services The decision to involve EHS personnel in the SAR mission delayed the departure of the PORT HARDY by 40 minutes. If personnel from this resource are to be involved in marine SAR missions, their training should involve mock missions to allow them to become familiar with and acclimatized to marine procedures and conditions. It was fortunate for the victim that CCG SAR personnel made up part of the combined medical contingent on the SAR mission as they were trained in the administration of the analgesic gas which was indicated in this case. EHS personnel, for whom the SAR mission was delayed, were not so trained. 2.3 Search and Rescue Resources The GORDON REID was removed from her station for refit but the smaller replacement vessel PORT HARDY did not have the same characteristics or capabilities. Had the much larger GORDON REID been on station, the mission may well have been completed in a much shorter time frame and the double transfer of the patient could have been averted. 2.4 Engine Compartment There is not enough space in the engine compartment to fit deck plates to provide a level surface on which to stand. The interior of the sloping hull plating, which also serves as a bilge area, is smooth. Oil vapours from the engine and residual oil in the bilge make the hull plating slippery. Because the propeller shaft coupling was not guarded and the plating was slick, the engine compartment was a hazardous area in which to stand or move, particularly in rubber-soled running shoes. The vessel was certainly moving in the seas, adding to the operator's difficulties in maintaining his footing. 3.0 Conclusions 3.1 Findings The owner/operator of the MONIKA lost his footing in the engine compartment, catching his trouser leg in the exposed rotating propeller shaft coupling of the reduction gearbox. The owner/operator sustained compound fractures to the tibia and fibula of his right leg. The prompt application of a tourniquet to the owner/operator's leg by the mate of the MONIKA immediately after the accident prevented the owner/operator's injuries from becoming life-threatening. The decision to send a combined medical team delayed the departure of the CCGS PORT HARDY on the Search and Rescue mission by 40 minutes. The delay was caused by waiting for the arrival on board of two Emergency Health Services ambulance attendants. The inclement weather conditions prevented the use of a helicopter in the Search and Rescue mission. The Search and Rescue mission was further hampered by difficulties experienced by the PORT HARDY and her Fast Rescue Craft in the existing weather conditions. The MONIKA has a V-shaped hull; such a configuration precludes the installation of deck plates in the engine compartment. The internal section of the hull which is smooth aluminium invariably has a film of oily moisture in the engine compartment. The regular Search and Rescue vessel for the area, CCGS GORDON REID, was off-station undergoing refit at the time of the accident. 3.2 Causes The owner/operator's leg injuries were sustained because of the absence of a guard over an exposed section of the propeller shaft in way of the access to the engine compartment. The Board has no marine safety recommendations to issue at this time.4.0 Safety Action The Board has no marine safety recommendations to issue at this time.